The Intern nearly lost out to ITV2's Peter Andre: My Life, which had 1.2 million viewers, a 5.3% share, also between 9pm and 10pm, 55% up on the channel's slot average.

Not much of a draw

With no British clubs left in the UEFA Champions League, ITV turned to the lesser of the two European club competitions, the Europa League, last night.

But Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Basel averaged only 3.6 million viewers, a 16% share, across more than two hours of coverage between 7.45pm and 10.10pm.

It lost out to BBC1's Masterchef, which drew 5 million viewers, a 22% share, between 9pm and 10pm, the channel's second most-watched programme of the night (behind EastEnders, with 6.5 million, a 29.6% share).

Elsewhere last night, BBC4's new Andrew Graham-Dixon series, High Art of the Low Countries, began its three-part run on BBC4 with 623,000 viewers, a 27.% share, up 22% on the slot average.

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